"I couldn't find that level in Scotland, so I had to look elsewhere and I'm happy that I did that." Robbie Ure has been clear about why he left Rangers, and the route since then has backed him up. He went from two senior cameos of one minute each for Rangers, against St Mirren in November 2022 and Hibs in May 2023, to a move through Anderlecht, IK Sirius and now Sevilla, where he is on the edge of a Scotland debut.

Sevilla have already tested him

Ure's latest outing came against Barcelona, where he played 90 minutes for Sevilla and spent the afternoon being marked by Pau Cubarsí. He was in the same match as Rodri and Lamine Yamal too, which is about as hard a classroom as club football can offer. Sevilla lost 1-3, but Ure said he "really enjoyed it" and felt the game showed how quickly elite opponents punish mistakes.

He added: "But against these players, you give them one chance and most of the time it's a goal. For me, it was a really good experience. I'm only going to get better as a result of it."

Why he thinks the move worked

The bigger point is the one Ure keeps returning to. At Rangers, he felt he could not get the level of football he needed, and he has not hidden the fact that leaving was difficult even if it was necessary. At Anderlecht and then IK Sirius, the minutes came with trust, and that mattered for a young forward who wanted to play regularly rather than wait around.

His spell in Sweden gave him the sharpest run of form. He scored 11 goals in 30 games in 2025-26 before the move to Spain, then said of his time at IK Sirius: "I was scoring near enough every game, so that was probably the happiest I've been." That is the sort of run that gets attention, and it helps explain why Scotland now feels like a live possibility rather than a distant hope.

Ure's own view is simple enough. He needed minutes at a level that could stretch him, and he found them abroad. Sevilla have given him a different challenge, and Scotland may be next.

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